Published: 23rd Mar, 2024
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India accounts for 17% of all diabetes patients in the world. To combat this huge percentage of non-communicable disease burden requires prevention and early detection. One of the most commonly-used tests to diagnose pre-diabetes and diabetes, is the haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test.
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About haemoglobin A1C (HbA1C) test
- Sugar enters bloodstream from the food. The sugar, or glucose, attaches to the haemoglobin in red blood cells.
- Haemoglobin is a protein that transports oxygen to all the cells of the body.
- Everybody has some sugar attached to their haemoglobin. Those with pre-diabetes and diabetes, however, have more.
- The HbA1C test measures the percentage of red blood cells that have sugar-coated, or glycated, haemoglobin.
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